Du Pian Hong followed behind Xiao Jiu silently, watching him closely. She felt that Xiao Jiu was more lively than ever today. The number of times he smiled was also the most she had ever seen.
She had an intuition that this Xiao Jiu in front of her was not the person she usually knew.
His aura, everything about him was different from before…
She just followed behind him in a daze and looked at him without saying a word.
"Sister Beauty, I like this cotton candy. I want it.”At this moment, Xiao Jiu pointed at the cotton candy shop on the other side and said. He turned his head and revealed an innocent smile, like a child.
When Du Penhong saw this, his face froze for a moment. After that, she quickly recovered and took out her purse."Seriously, you're usually not as greedy as you are today.”Although he said that, in the end, he still bought a pile of cotton candy for Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu even specially asked the boss for a bag and put the rest into the bag.
The white cotton candy was as light and soft as the clouds floating in the sky. He really wanted to eat it in one bite. Huaiyu's appetite was aroused when she saw this. She pointed at the cotton candy in the bag and gestured to Xiao Jiu."Xiao Jiu, you can't eat these marshmallows alone. Why don't you give one to me?”
Xiao Jiu shook its head and gripped the bag tightly with both hands. The expression on its face was abnormally firm."No! These marshmallows were not meant to be eaten!”
"Then, those candies should be fine.”Huaiyu took a step back and asked for the next best thing. She thought to herself that her young miss had already bought the entire sugar figurine, so she wouldn't mind losing one or two of them!
"No!" Xiao Jiu immediately denied it without hesitation."I won't even give you a sugar doll!" As he spoke, he placed his hands behind his back and faced Huaiyu in a defensive manner.
It was as if there was a priceless treasure hidden behind him.
Huaiyu was stumped and could only glare at him angrily. Then, she looked at Du Pianhong with an indignant expression."Miss, it's all your fault for spoiling Xiao Jiu too much! Look, he's so arrogant now!”
Du Pianhong also felt that Huaiyu's words made sense. After all, it was just a sugar figurine and cotton candy. Was there a need to hurt each other's harmony?
Hence, she advised," Little Jiu, be good. Sister Huaiyu is not an outsider. She is our family. Give her some of these things, okay?"”Du Pian Hong softened her tone, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, making her look extremely amiable.
Xiao Jiu still shook its head, still looking wary.
Du Pianhong had no choice but to go along with Xiao Jiu. Hence, she turned around and looked at Huaiyu with a helpless expression, indicating that even she was helpless.
"Ah! Why is it gone?" While everyone was in a daze, Xiao Jiu's figure had already flashed to the nearby shrine. He kept pacing back and forth in front of the gate of the shrine with a disappointed expression." No! Why isn't there any here?" He lowered his head as if he was looking for something very important to him.
When Du Pian Hong heard Xiao Jiu's exclamation, he immediately ran to Xiao Jiu's side nervously. At this moment, Xiao Jiu was crawling on the ground, its body tightly lying on the dusty ground, its hands constantly digging. In less than a moment, the skin on his hand had been worn out, and a few red patches could be vaguely seen in the yellow dust. One was on his palm, and some were distributed between his fingertips.
Presumably, it should be very painful!
"Why isn't there any?" Xiao Jiu had already dug out three shallow pits in a row. When it realized that the pits were empty, it muttered in disappointment. He only lowered his head and remained silent for a moment. After a moment, he immediately recovered his spirit and continued to attack the other side of the shrine door.
It was rare for Du Penhong to see Xiao Jiu so persistent. She could not help but feel curious, so she asked,""Xiao Jiu, what are you looking for?”She squatted down slightly and looked down at Xiao Jiu. At this moment, Xiao Jiu's body was covered in yellow-colored dust, and even its face was covered in a few patches of yellow-colored dust. It was in a sorry state.
"Something very important." Xiao Jiu only replied with this simple sentence, and its hands still had no intention of stopping.
Du Penhong stood up straight. He felt that Xiao Jiu had become very strange ever since he returned to the capital. At first, he acted abnormally as if he had become a different person. Then, he wandered around the streets to buy things. She was extremely obsessed with sugar figurines and cotton candy, and most importantly…
It seemed that the most important thing to Xiao Jiu was buried in this shrine!
"Ah! I finally found it." Xiao Jiu was so happy that it almost jumped up. It carefully held a five-colored flower bud with both hands and shouted. Du Pianhong quickly leaned closer and looked carefully at the flower bud in Xiao Jiu's hand.
"What? It's just an old and tattered flower bud. I thought it was some kind of pearl or gem!”Huaiyu replied angrily. Then, she turned her face away and ignored Xiao Jiu. She was still angry about the sugar figurine and the cotton candy.
"Xiao Jiu is very happy. He had found many precious things today.”Xiao Jiu clapped its hands happily, then its dirty right hand touched the corner of its eye without any scruples. If one didn't look carefully, one wouldn't be able to see the traces of tears on Xiao Jiu's face.
This tear mark must have been left behind when he was extremely anxious because he could not find the flower.
First, it was the candy man, then the ballad, then the cotton candy, then the flower dumpling…
Du Paihong only felt that there must be some connection behind these things, and finding this connection could explain why Xiao Jiu had lost its composure and why it was acting strange.
"Xiao Jiu, this flower bud doesn't seem to belong to you. How can a boy like you have a girl's thing?”Du Pian Hong took the flower whisk, his eyes reflecting the shabby looking whisk. There were only a few feathers left on the handle, and the bottom of the handle was already worn out.
How could such a woman be worthy of nostalgia!
"Of course, the flower seeds don't belong to Xiao Jiu!”Xiao Jiu put away its handle and then said with a reminiscing expression," That person once said that he would come here to play with me every year on New Year's Eve. But for some reason, she didn't come this year.”
This year? New Year's Eve?
Du Penhong had a bad feeling, and a faint sense of unease overflowed from his heart. She first stretched out a hand and kept shaking it in front of Xiao Jiu. Then, she opened her lips and asked,"Xiao Jiu, what time is it today?”
Xiao Jiu looked back at Du Pianhong in confusion, then said woodenly,""The beginning of the fifth year of the Great Tang Dynasty."
The beginning of the fifth year of the Great Tang Dynasty?
Du Paihong looked at Xiao Jiu in shock, his face filled with disbelief.
Wasn't the start of the fifth year of the Great Tang Dynasty ten years ago?
Why did Xiao Jiu's memories return to ten years ago, and even its consciousness returned?
"Then, who is the owner of this chisel?”Du Penhong clenched his fists tightly, as if his heart was weighing a thousand pounds. Ever since she was young, she had never felt so nervous before!
"Flower Lady." Xiao Jiu raised its eyes, and the light in its eyes flickered. He had a sweet smile on his face as he said this. However, Du Paihong just stood there in a daze, listening to Xiao Jiu's words in shock. She exclaimed softly and rubbed her ears in disbelief.
She didn't believe it. She didn't believe what she was hearing.
Because…
The girl called "Flower Lady" was her!
She felt that she was starting to get confused.
Everything was starting to get chaotic.
#Insight Review Passed: Daguan Time:1024201811:12AM
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